Fair Haven is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,965 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fair Haven is the 196th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some towns, Fair Haven isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fair Haven are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fair Haven is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fair Haven who work in management occupations (19.54%), office and administrative support (8.08%), and sales jobs (6.37%). Of important note, Fair Haven is also a town of artists. Fair Haven has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fair Haven’s character. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Fair Haven has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fair Haven a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Fair Haven, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.57 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Fair Haven doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Fair Haven overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Fair Haven, 22.82% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fair Haven in 2022 was $41,446, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,784 for a family of four. However, Fair Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Fair Haven home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fair Haven residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fair Haven include German, Polish, English, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Fair Haven is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
